San Fransisco

Friday we headed to San Fransisco to visit Nate, Lauren, and Tagg. The drive was quick and fun taking in all of the views. We arrived around 9pm, pulled up to the curb to quickly unload, Lauren took the boys up to the apartment, and Abe went to park the car. 

Lauren's sister was kind enough to let us stay in her studio apartment while they were gone. It worked out perfectly having Nate and Lauren on the floor above us, and we all had enough space to stretch. After a quick chat, some late night donuts, and winding down, it was time to put the kids to bed

 Saturday morning Nate flew in, Lauren fed us some delicious breakfast, and we drove past a few iconic landmarks. This included the Fullhouse opening credit homes, and Lombard street. We stayed in the car and snagged pictures with our phones as we went.

Next stop was back at the apartment to meet up with Nate. Lauren and I packed lunches and then we headed out for the second part of our touristy adventure.
It took us several tries, but we finally got a trolley to pick us up! Crew was a little nervous on it and Sawyer was very excited. It was oddly reverse from how I thought it might be.

  Next up we had a picnic near Pier 39. We chatted about the area, watched the homeless, and ate our lunch. After a quick uphill walk we made it to Ghirardelli for some delicious, overpriced Dryers ice cream, covered in Ghirardelli chocolate. Abe picked a fabulous treat for us all to share. Crew was a little upset that we kept telling him to slow down! Sawyer is the master of savoring and did very well at taking his fair share of bites. I made sure to shovel some in as well! With the four of us eating it, it was licked up pretty fast.

The original plan was to take the bus home. But apparently my vote held a lot of weight when I said I wanted to walk home and take in more of the city. I love the hills and the constant humming of the city. The architecture was so amazing. I loved to see the buildings that were well maintained to keep artistic beauty of the city alive!

For dinner Abe treated us all to some local San Francisco pizza. It was tasty and a great hit for everyone.

Nate was pretty tired and our kids needed to be well rested for church, so we decided to call it quites a little before 10 pm.